Easy Healthy Dark Chocolate Bark with a Crunch
I recently just made this easy healthy dark chocolate bark with crunch. It is simple, flavoursome and rich. You can add as many toppings to it or as little as you please. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Equipment
- 1 Medium bowl
- 1 Ceramic pan/Baking tray
- 1 Glass container (for storage)
Ingredients
- 250 grams Dark chocolate (70%)
- 1/2 cup Almond butter
- 1 tbsp Coconut oil
- 1 cup Crunchy toppings (oats, granola, nuts, seeds, goji berries, dried cranberries etc.)
Instructions
- Break up the dark chocolate and add to a medium bowl along with the coconut oil and heat in microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds (pausing at 30 second intervals to stir) or heat over low heat on stove top until fully melted.
- Add in almond butter and stir until mixed in.
- In a ceramic pan or baking tray, add baking paper and spread chocolate mixture until it forms about a 1-2cm layer in thickness.
- Sprinkle desired toppings (I used my choc cherry granola as a topping for this particular recipe), but you can add any crunchy toppings you like: nuts, seeds, goji berries, dried cranberries, oats etc.
- Set in fridge for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Take out and cut into squares.
- Store in a glass container in the fridge.
Notes
- You can use any chocolate for this recipe, but to get the richness and less sugar content, use 70%-85% dark chocolate.
- You can use any nut butter, like, peanut butter or cashew butter for this recipe if you wish. The almond butter is generally smooth and easy to stir in. Depending on what kind of nut butter you use, will it have a slightly different consistency.
- For the toppings, I would add toppings that have a crunch to it. I used my choc cherry granola as the topping for this recipe, however, you can use any nuts, seeds, dried cranberries, dried cherries, oats, coconut flakes - whatever you prefer. I think the more tastier, the better.
- The coconut oil in this recipe makes the chocolate nice and smooth. However, if you leave it out, it will just make the consistency more thick. If you don't have coconut oil, another oil like avocado oil or fat like butter or ghee would work just fine, too.